At Least 22 US Politicians Respond to Anthropic Resignation With Calls to Regulate AI
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-10
After an Anthropic pretraining researcher publicly resigned and accused labs of racing to self-improving superintelligence, at least 22 US politicians — 2 governors, 7 senators, and 13 representatives, nearly all Democrats — directly replied calling for AI regulation legislation. Full list included.
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